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<span id="One_002dDimensional-DFTs-of-Real-Data-1"></span><h3 class="section">2.3 One-Dimensional DFTs of Real Data</h3>

<p>In many practical applications, the input data <code>in[i]</code> are purely
real numbers, in which case the DFT output satisfies the &ldquo;Hermitian&rdquo;
<span id="index-Hermitian"></span>
redundancy: <code>out[i]</code> is the conjugate of <code>out[n-i]</code>.  It is
possible to take advantage of these circumstances in order to achieve
roughly a factor of two improvement in both speed and memory usage.
</p>
<p>In exchange for these speed and space advantages, the user sacrifices
some of the simplicity of FFTW&rsquo;s complex transforms. First of all, the
input and output arrays are of <em>different sizes and types</em>: the
input is <code>n</code> real numbers, while the output is <code>n/2+1</code>
complex numbers (the non-redundant outputs); this also requires slight
&ldquo;padding&rdquo; of the input array for
<span id="index-padding"></span>
in-place transforms.  Second, the inverse transform (complex to real)
has the side-effect of <em>overwriting its input array</em>, by default.
Neither of these inconveniences should pose a serious problem for
users, but it is important to be aware of them.
</p>
<p>The routines to perform real-data transforms are almost the same as
those for complex transforms: you allocate arrays of <code>double</code>
and/or <code>fftw_complex</code> (preferably using <code>fftw_malloc</code> or
<code>fftw_alloc_complex</code>), create an <code>fftw_plan</code>, execute it as
many times as you want with <code>fftw_execute(plan)</code>, and clean up
with <code>fftw_destroy_plan(plan)</code> (and <code>fftw_free</code>).  The only
differences are that the input (or output) is of type <code>double</code>
and there are new routines to create the plan.  In one dimension:
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<pre class="example">fftw_plan fftw_plan_dft_r2c_1d(int n, double *in, fftw_complex *out,
                               unsigned flags);
fftw_plan fftw_plan_dft_c2r_1d(int n, fftw_complex *in, double *out,
                               unsigned flags);
</pre></div>
<span id="index-fftw_005fplan_005fdft_005fr2c_005f1d"></span>
<span id="index-fftw_005fplan_005fdft_005fc2r_005f1d"></span>

<p>for the real input to complex-Hermitian output (<em>r2c</em>) and
complex-Hermitian input to real output (<em>c2r</em>) transforms.
<span id="index-r2c"></span>
<span id="index-c2r"></span>
Unlike the complex DFT planner, there is no <code>sign</code> argument.
Instead, r2c DFTs are always <code>FFTW_FORWARD</code> and c2r DFTs are
always <code>FFTW_BACKWARD</code>.
<span id="index-FFTW_005fFORWARD-1"></span>
<span id="index-FFTW_005fBACKWARD-1"></span>
(For single/long-double precision
<code>fftwf</code> and <code>fftwl</code>, <code>double</code> should be replaced by
<code>float</code> and <code>long double</code>, respectively.)
<span id="index-precision-1"></span>
</p>

<p>Here, <code>n</code> is the &ldquo;logical&rdquo; size of the DFT, not necessarily the
physical size of the array.  In particular, the real (<code>double</code>)
array has <code>n</code> elements, while the complex (<code>fftw_complex</code>)
array has <code>n/2+1</code> elements (where the division is rounded down).
For an in-place transform,
<span id="index-in_002dplace-1"></span>
<code>in</code> and <code>out</code> are aliased to the same array, which must be
big enough to hold both; so, the real array would actually have
<code>2*(n/2+1)</code> elements, where the elements beyond the first
<code>n</code> are unused padding.  (Note that this is very different from
the concept of &ldquo;zero-padding&rdquo; a transform to a larger length, which
changes the logical size of the DFT by actually adding new input
data.)  The <em>k</em>th element of the complex array is exactly the
same as the <em>k</em>th element of the corresponding complex DFT.  All
positive <code>n</code> are supported; products of small factors are most
efficient, but an <i>O</i>(<i>n</i>&nbsp;log&nbsp;<i>n</i>)
 algorithm is used even for prime sizes.
</p>
<p>As noted above, the c2r transform destroys its input array even for
out-of-place transforms.  This can be prevented, if necessary, by
including <code>FFTW_PRESERVE_INPUT</code> in the <code>flags</code>, with
unfortunately some sacrifice in performance.
<span id="index-flags-1"></span>
<span id="index-FFTW_005fPRESERVE_005fINPUT"></span>
This flag is also not currently supported for multi-dimensional real
DFTs (next section).
</p>
<p>Readers familiar with DFTs of real data will recall that the 0th (the
&ldquo;DC&rdquo;) and <code>n/2</code>-th (the &ldquo;Nyquist&rdquo; frequency, when <code>n</code> is
even) elements of the complex output are purely real.  Some
implementations therefore store the Nyquist element where the DC
imaginary part would go, in order to make the input and output arrays
the same size.  Such packing, however, does not generalize well to
multi-dimensional transforms, and the space savings are miniscule in
any case; FFTW does not support it.
</p>
<p>An alternative interface for one-dimensional r2c and c2r DFTs can be
found in the &lsquo;<samp>r2r</samp>&rsquo; interface (see <a href="The-Halfcomplex_002dformat-DFT.html">The Halfcomplex-format DFT</a>), with &ldquo;halfcomplex&rdquo;-format output that <em>is</em> the same size
(and type) as the input array.
<span id="index-halfcomplex-format"></span>
That interface, although it is not very useful for multi-dimensional
transforms, may sometimes yield better performance.
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